One of this author's novels begins with a plane exploding over the English Channel. Another novel by this author has a singer known as "Brass Monkey" and features two characters born exactly when India was partitioned, Saleem Sinai and Shiva. Gibreel Farishta appears in a novel by this author which 
One of this author's novels begins with a plane exploding over the English Channel. Another novel by this author has a singer known as "Brass Monkey" and features two characters born exactly when India was partitioned, Saleem Sinai and Shiva. Gibreel Farishta appears in a novel by this author which caused Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa against him. For 10 points, name this author of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses.
One of this author's novels begins with a plane exploding over the English Channel.
Sir Ahmed Salman {Rushdie}